Auction Reports
Zwiggelaar Auctions
Auction Info
- Auction Name
- Books, Graphics, Ephemera - Session III
- Auction Date
- 12/03/2025 - 12/03/2025
- Sale Number
- #34c
- Total Lots
- 550
- Sold Lots
- 441.0
- Lots Sold
- 80.18%
- Unsold Lots
- 109
- Total Sales (EUR)
- 186,326.00
- Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)
- 70,025.00
- High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)
- 136,860.00
- Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)
- 83,215.00
- High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)
- 162,280.00
- Total Sales as a % of High Est.
- 114.82%
Top twenty five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1729 | [CHINA AND SOUTHEAST ASIA] PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM OF SCENES IN CHINA AND SURROUNDINGS |
Late 19th century | EUR 1,250.00 - 2,500.00 | EUR 9,885.00 | |
| 1696 | HEYM, GEORG | [KIRCHNER, E.L.] UMBRA VITAE. NACHGELASSENE GEDICHTE |
1924 | EUR 3,000.00 - 6,000.00 | EUR 4,744.80 |
| 1503 | [ZILVERDISTEL] LOT OF SIXTEEN PROSPECTUSES ZILVERDISTEL/ KUNERA-PERS |
1915-29 | EUR 150.00 - 300.00 | EUR 3,954.00 | |
| 1690 | FRENAUD, A. | [CHILLIDA] LE CHEMIN DES DEVINS SUIVI DE MENERBES |
1966 | EUR 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 3,426.80 |
| 1721 | WHITMAN, WALT | WALT WHITMAN'S DRUM-TAPS |
1865 | EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 3,163.20 |
| 1321 | D. BAKKER | [ART DECO] WALLPAPER SAMPLE BOOK. KUNST VAN EIGEN BODEM 1926 |
1926 | EUR 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 2,504.20 |
| 1469 | [STOLS, A.A.M.] TO THE HAPPY FEW |
1924-1928 | EUR 400.00 - 800.00 | EUR 2,108.80 | |
| 1611 | NIJHOFF, M. | [DEDICATION TO J.C. BLOEM] VORMEN |
1924 | EUR 300.00 - 600.00 | EUR 2,108.80 |
| 1660 | WOESTIJNE, KAREL VAN DE | [DELUXE COPY MANUSCRIPT] GEDICHTEN |
1928 | EUR 750.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 2,108.80 |
| 1622 | PRINS, SONJA | FRONT. NO. 1-4 |
1930-1931 | EUR 800.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 1,977.00 |
| 1589 | LEOPOLD, J.H. | [DELUXE COPY] VERZEN |
1913 | EUR 250.00 - 500.00 | EUR 1,845.20 |
| 1537 | CLANDESTINE PRINTING ZEHN KLEINE MECKERLEIN |
n.d. (1943) | EUR 100.00 - 200.00 | EUR 1,845.20 | |
| 1280 | MASEREEL, F. | GROTESK FILM |
-1921 | EUR 500.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 1,713.40 |
| 1605 | [DELUXE COPY] MULTATULI. MAX HAVELAAR |
1871 | EUR 250.00 - 500.00 | EUR 1,713.40 | |
| 1411 | LEWIS, WYNDHAM (ED.) | BLAST VOL. I AND II |
1914-15 | EUR 500.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 1,713.40 |
| 1458 | CENDRARS, B. | [MASEREEL, F]. LES PAQUES A NEW-YORK DE BLAISE CENDRARS |
1926 | EUR 500.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 1,581.60 |
| 1738 | FIERET, GERARD (1924-2009) | (PORTRAIT IN FRONT OF MURAL) |
1976 | EUR 150.00 - 300.00 | EUR 1,581.60 |
| 1407 | SCHUITEMA, PAUL (1897-1973) | [GRAPHIC DESIGN. DUTCH] SYST-O-COLOR I & II |
1965 | EUR 600.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 1,581.60 |
| 1305 | ERNST, MAX & PAUL ELUARD | [SURREALISM] LES MALHEURS DES IMMORTELS |
1922 | EUR 500.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 1,581.60 |
| 1637 | SCHNITZLER, A. | [SIGNED] FOUR TITLES: (1) FRAULEIN ELSE |
1924 | EUR 100.00 - 200.00 | EUR 1,581.60 |
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ALDE, Apr. 8: GUEVARA (ANTONIO DE). Histoire de Marc-Aurèle, Empereur Romain, vray miroir et horloge des Princes. Paris, Pierre et Galliot du Pré, frères, 1565. €3,000 to €4,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: HEURES DE LA VIERGE. Horæ in laudem beatissimæ virginis Mariæ ad usum Romanum. Paris, Charles L'Angelier, 1556. €4,000 to €5,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE). Les Essais. Édition nouvelle, trouvée après le deceds de l'autheur… Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1595. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: [ROJAS (FERNANDO DE)]. Celestina, tragicomedia di Calisto et Melibea, tradotta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma… Venise, 1531. €2,000 to €3,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: CAMÕES (LUÍS DE). Os Lusiadas. Lisbonne, Pedro Crasbeeck, 1613. €2,000 to €3,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles, Roger Velpius & Huberto Antonio, 1611. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Denys Thierry et Claude Barbin, 1678-1694. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. €3,000 to €4,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: DIDEROT (DENIS) ET JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Paris, 1751-1765. €15,000 to €20,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. LAMARTINE (Alphonse de). Les Laboureurs. Poème tiré de Jocelyn… Lyon, J. A. Henry, 1883. €8,000 to €10,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle. Lyon, [A. Roux], 1886. €5,000 to €6,000. -
Sotheby’s
Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections
Open for Bidding 2-17 AprilSotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000.